so the next day we're sitting at MK Bowl for Linkin Park's Project Revolution tour. Got through there about 12 when the gates opened and just sat on the hill and chilled. After all, we were still tired. What I think was a local opening band came on first and though the sound was shit they sounded decent enough. Next came The Bravery, who I thought were rubbish. Then on came Enter Shikari, and I'd never listened to them before and probably never would. But they were brilliant. The front man was really funny and they had great interaction with the crowd. Then came NERD, and I'd seen them before supporting the Chilli Peppers. They were good at working the crowd but a bit too R&B for me. Then came Pendulum. Again not a band I've paid attention to before, but they rock live. And then came Jay-Z. Don't know if you've heard much live rap music but most of its pretty bad - even from ppl who rap well in a studio like Eminem. But Jay-Z is a freaking master. Like most of the crowd, I don't know a lot of his songs, but his delveru and flow were brilliant. I think he had a hard time working up the crowd, but pit this down to hm being a rapper when I guess the crowd were there to see a rock show...not quite the case...

Here's the point of this long thread, ladies and gents. Linkin Park are arguably one of the biggest bands on the planet, and I know someone said before that the bowl was only half sold, but let
me tell you, it was packed from stagefront right up to the back hill and even along the edges and behind the soundstage where no one could see a ****ng thing...so when lnkn park came on and opened with One Step Closer I thought the place would explode...and it did...like a tiny balloon. Apart from a few rows at the very front about 85 percent of the people were stood stock still. And it stayed that way for an hour. LP weren't playing badly, they were okay n fact but kept commenting on the awesome crowd...I was one f the few trying to dance and singalong but in the end felt too self concious and studied my hands in my pockets and just kinda' wiggled a bit instead. There was no magic, no spark, nothing. Compared to that, twickenham was the best show on earth. LP's main set lasted an hour and ten minutes and only on their last song did the crowd start to sing along quite weakly - I remember MK from the HAND tour and this was like chalk and cheese. Finally Jay-z came back on for 2 songs with LP and suddenly, finally, everyones singing and dancing. It took the entire gig to get there.

So Jovi played Twickenham for 2 and a half hours. It wasn't the best show they've done but the performance was still up there. LP play for an hour and 10 minutes and need a rapper to put some life into their show.

I'm glad to be a Jovi fan, even on their worst days because the alternatves don't bear thinking about.